2640

Shrub
Perennial

Native to Georgia & South Carolina (but not seen recently in SC)
Documented growing wild in GA - SC

Rare

Look for it on shell middens, shell mounds, shelly sand dunes, brackish marshes, maritime sand spits, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Blue/Lavender
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5-lobed calyx
5-lobed corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Red
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p123

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lycium carolinianum var. carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 165-01-001:
Lycium carolinianum   FAMILY Solanaceae

GREATER THAN PLANTS National Database:
Lycium carolinianum var. quadrifidum